Exit polls: Top issues for voters — (CNN) - What issues are on voters' minds? — The exit polls give some insights. — Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker — Check out the CNN Electoral Map and Calculator and game out your own strategy for November.

Obama Wins New Term as Electoral Advantage Holds — Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday, overcoming powerful economic headwinds, a lock-step resistance to his agenda by Republicans in Congress and an unprecedented torrent of advertising as the nation voted …

Special Coverage: The 2012 Presidential Election — The probability that President Obama receives a given number of Electoral College votes. — Tipping Point States — The probability that a state provides the decisive electoral vote. — Return on Investment Index

'That's When You Know You're Gonna Win' — PITTSBURGH - Mitt Romney's campaign always makes his arrivals in various cities known to the local media, and in turn the public, but never before has a crowd of this size shown up to greet him. Upon landing here in Pittsburgh …

Romney: I've only written a victory speech — (CNN) - Hours before the polls closed Tuesday, GOP nominee Mitt Romney told reporters on his plane that he's so confident in a win he's only prepared a victory speech. — “I've only written one speech at this point,” Romney said, adding the text of that address was 1,118 words long.

Joe Donnelly upsets Richard Mourdock in Indiana — Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly pulled off a stunning upset over Republican Richard Mourdock in the Indiana Senate race — a battle that the GOP thought was a sure win until the final days of the campaign. — With more than 60 percent …

Rep. Allen West loses reelection — Freshman Republican Allen West (Fla.) lost to Democrat Patrick Murphy in one of the closest, nastiest races in the nation, according to MSNBC election projections. — Despite outraising Murphy nearly 5-1 and launching biting attacks on the Democrat …

Why Elizabeth Warren Won — On Election Day, Scott Brown tried in vain to get working-class men on his side. “You think she has anything in common with you?” he pleaded — BOSTON — Senator Scott Brown voted Tuesday morning in his hometown of Wrentham, Massachusetts …

The Republicans Bet Everything, and Obama Won It All — You remember the scene in Game Change, when John McCain's adviser tells him that selecting Sarah Palin is “high risk, reward”? And McCain (or Ed Harris as McCain, or whatever) starts grinning uncontrollably?

Nate Silver Is a One-Man Traffic Machine for the Times — “FiveThirtyEight is drawing huge traffic,” New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson told me yesterday. She added, “What's interesting is a lot of the traffic is coming just for Nate.” — There has been plenty of controversy …

Bill O'Reilly: ‘The white establishment is now the minority’ — Fox News's Bill O'Reilly said tonight that if President Barack Obama wins re-election, it's because the demographics of the country have changed and “it's not a traditional America anymore.” — “The white establishment is now the minority,” O'Reilly said.

Romney concedes race for the White House — BOSTON —Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney conceded the presidential election early Wednesday morning in a brief address to supporters in Boston. — Romney told a subdued crowd that he had called Obama to congratulate him on his victory, and he wished the president well.

Boehner lays down a marker on taxes — Washington (CNN) - Shortly after multiple networks projected that Republicans would retain control of the House, Speaker John Boehner took to the stage with a message that looked ahead to the battle over the fiscal cliff - the GOP isn't budging on taxes.

Transcript: Obama's victory speech — (CNN) - President Barack Obama delivered remarks Wednesday in Chicago. Read below for a transcript of Obama's remarks. — OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. — Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right …

Mormon Church Congratulates President Obama — After a year of staying out of the fray, the church's leadership release a statement urging Americans to “come together.” — Image by Dylan Martinez / Reuters — BOSTON, Mass. — Minutes after Mitt Romney — the first Mormon presidential nominee …

Machine turns vote for Obama into one for Romney — A Pennsylvania electronic voting machine was taken out of service after being captured on video changing a vote for President Obama into one for Mitt Romney, NBC News has confirmed. Republicans have also said machines have turned Romney votes into Obama ones.

Matthews: Early-vote laws ‘3rd World’ — MSNBC's Chris Matthews said during Tuesday's Election Day coverage that America has begun to act “like a Third World country” with regards to early voting laws in swing states like Florida. — “You have people who are so highly partisan and yet …

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